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- First episode Act on climate
Even before the COVID- 19 pandemic drew a sharp focus on the air we breathe , air pollution was a critical issue . Since the onset of COVID-19 , there are even more reasons to look into air pollution .
Yet health specialists claim that indoor air quality is even more important for human health than outdoor air quality for two reasons : firstly , because we spend most of our time indoors and secondly , because pollutants can stagnate indoors , particularly in areas with poor ventilation . To this end , PlanetWatch also provides sophisticated and certified indoor air quality monitoring .
“ Once again , since the onset of the pandemic , what has emerged is that indoor air quality is really a proxy for COVID-19 and
“ PLANETWATCH HAS A STRONG COLLABORATION WITH CERN AND OTHER BIG SCIENTIFIC PLAYERS WORLDWIDE ”
CLAUDIO PARRINELLO CEO , PLANETWATCH other viral infection risks ,” says Parrinello . “ Because when we are indoors , the main means of contagion is via aerosol . These are very tiny droplets , which can carry viral matters and float in a poorly ventilated room for hours .”
How air pollution impacts health inequality Developing countries are labelled so because they have a lower economic output . In the strides being made to perform at a higher level or simply survive , clean air is often an afterthought .
“ 90 % of those children worldwide impacted by air pollution are mostly living in developing countries ,” says Parrinello sadly . “ That is well known because there are a number of drivers for air pollution ,
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